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| :''For more information on the Virtual Console, please see [[nwiki:Virtual_Console|here]].''
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| [[File:Virtual Console.png|right|100px]]
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| The '''Virtual Console''' (Japanese: {{hover|バーチャルコンソール|Bācharu Konsōru}} ''Virtual Console'') is a brand name used by [[Nintendo]]'s online eShop under which old games from Nintendo's earlier consoles and those of other former console manufacturers are sold. The service is aimed to provide an alternative to [[wikipedia:Video game emulation|video game emulation]] by opening up the vast back catalogues of Nintendo and its partners in the service for legal purchase in the modern market. Games sold through Virtual Console are released through digital downloads directly in the console in question itself, which are emulated by the system and thus play near-identically to their original release. The service is currently available for the [[Wii]], [[Wii U]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]] consoles.
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| Seven of the thirteen {{FES}} games have been released through Virtual Console so far, five of which remain exclusively available in Japan.
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| =={{FES}} games available via Virtual Console==
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| !rowspan=2 style="{{roundtl}}; border:1px solid {{Color3}}; width: 25%"|Game
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| !colspan=3 style="border:1px solid {{Color3}}; width:50%"|Virtual Console availability
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| !rowspan=2 style="{{roundtr}}; border:1px solid {{Color3}}; width:25%"|Notes
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| !style="border:1px solid {{Color3}}; width: 16%"|[[Wii]]
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| !style="border:1px solid {{Color3}}; width: 17%"|[[Wii U]]
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| !style="border:1px solid {{Color3}}; width: 17%"|[[Nintendo 3DS]]
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|{{FE1}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}{{JP}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}{{JP}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}{{JP}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|Japan only. Included as a [[smashwiki:Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] demo in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U|Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''{{JP}}.
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|{{FE2}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}{{JP}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}{{JP}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}{{JP}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|Japan only.
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|{{FE3}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}{{JP}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}{{JP}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{n}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|Japan only. Included as a [[smashwiki:Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] demo in {{SSBB}}{{JP}}.
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|{{FE4}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}{{JP}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}{{JP}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{n}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|Japan only.
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|{{FE5}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}{{JP}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}{{JP}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{n}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|Japan only.
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{n}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{n}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|{{FE8}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{n}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}{{JP}} {{EU}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{y}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|The Nintendo 3DS version is exclusive to the Ambassador Program and is not currently intended for general release for other owners of the system.
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|{{FE9}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{n}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:#333333"|{{FE10}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{n}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{n}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{n}}
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| |style="border:none; background-color:{{Color3}}"|{{n}}
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| |text align="right" |<small>A {{y}} means that the game is available via the Virtual Console service on this console, while a {{n}} indicates the contrary.</small>
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| ==Trivia==
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://www.nintendo.com/wii/online/virtualconsole Wii Official Site - Enhance Your Wii] (North America, Wii)
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| * [http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu/downloads/virtual-console Wii U - Official Site at Nintendo] (North America, Wii U)
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| * [http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/downloads/games Nintendo eShop Official Site - Games] (North America, Nintendo 3DS)
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